Washington, DC · mostly separated · mixed
50 (District of Columbia)
U.S. Bicycle Route 50 (USBR 50) is a planned east–west cross country U.S. Bicycle Route that currently consists of two discontiguous sections: a western section between San Francisco and Border, Utah, and an eastern section between Terre Haute, Indiana, and Washington, D.C.
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Today's verdict
Marginal conditions — get the road bike out if you have to.
- 29 mph wind — strong — plan for slow outbound if wind is against you.
Best for e-bike riding today
Route map
Orange marker is the start. Click the map to enable scroll-zoom — the polyline is approximate; use Ride with GPS or Komoot for turn-by-turn.
Atmosphere
- Air temp81°FClear
- Wind29 mphNE
- Rain6%Next 24h: 0.08"
- Humidity58%
Surface & daylight
- Pavementdrymixed surface
- Sunrise6:46 AM
- Sunset7:24 PM155 min remaining
Best time today
5 PM looks best — 82°F · 5 mph NE wind · mostly cloudy. 6 PM is a close second (61/100).
Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Wind on this route
29 mph crosswind — expect a 29 mph quartering headwind on the return.
Currently 29 mph from the NNE (30°). Relative to this ride's overall bearing, a crosswind.
- Leg 1 Bearing 273° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 2 Bearing 274° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 3 Bearing 280° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 4 Bearing 273° · quartering tailwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 5 Bearing 294° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 6 Bearing 316° · crosswind 0.4 mi
- Leg 7 Bearing 333° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
- Leg 8 Bearing 327° · quartering headwind 0.4 mi
Elevation profile
Score breakdown
About this route
- Distance
- 4.4 mi one-way (double for round-trip)
- Elevation gain
- 115 ft
- Surface
- mixed
- Shape
- Out-and-back
- Traffic exposure
- mostly separated
- Activities
- road cycling · e bike
- Cycle network
- NCN · route 50
- Start
38.9040, -77.0567- City hub
- Washington, DC
- OSM
- relation 3322742
Description sourced from the Wikipedia summary.